Looks like Emily's List is kicking some ass this cycle

[Recursion]

Glad to see this. We need more women in Congress.

[spooky3]

1. More progressive women. Nt

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. More Democratic women. n/t

[sheshe2]

3. This This This!

Luv ya Tarheel.

[Cha]

5. To Sharice from Emily's List..

Link to tweet

Tarheel

[spooky3]

7. I just meant that we can do without more Marsha Blackburn types. nt

[MrsCoffee]

9. Right... Not Republican.

What exactly is your point?

You realize Blackburn is Republican and Emily’s list only supports pro choice Democratic women right?

Your comments are pretty puzzling.

[spooky3]

11. ???? I don't get why you find my comments puzzling.

But let me try again.

The OP said we need more women in Congress. My reaction was that I would qualify that statement, because we don’t need more Marsha Blackburn types. We DO need progressive (or Democratic) women.

I’m well aware of Emily’s List. The part I was reacting to was the broad statement re: needing more women. EL also qualifies their support—candidates must be pro choice, not just female.

[MrsCoffee]

12. Well, the OP was about Emily's List but you still felt the need to add that comment?

Personally, I would call all of Emily’s Lists endorsements for progressive candidates. And they are ushering in a record number of women.

The puzzlement is why you chose to add a bit of redundancy at a time when so many are being divisive about who is considered “progressive”. Throwing Marsha Blackburn in there sure seemed like unnecessary snark.

That’s why I asked for clarification.

[spooky3]

13. Have a nice day.

[LanternWaste]

24. I read that as obviously implicit in the OP.

"We DO need progressive (or Democratic) women..."

But maybe it's far more nuanced and subtle than I thought, and additional requires post-hoc qualifiers.

[NCTraveler]

14. I don't see where Emily's List endorsed Blackburn. nt

[Cha]

4. Congrats to Sharice Davids from Emily's List!

Link to tweet

[sheshe2]

6. Emily's List

Emily's list

She is checking it twice
Gonna find those protecting our rights

Emily is coming to town
Emily is coming to town
Emily is coming to town

Women are campaigning
Women winning this round
We know when you have been bad or good
We have seen just who you are

Women are coming to town
Women are coming to town
Women are coming to town


You think we have been sleeping
You're sure we're unaware
You better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I'm telling you why

Women are here to stay
Time to get out of our way
We Women are here to stay

[betsuni]

8. K&R

[mythology]

10. The one sad thing is that it took the Trump abombination, I mean administration

to help prompt it.

[NCTraveler]

16. Emily's List endorsement, wins/losses, 2012.

Candidate Race Outcome
Claire McCaskill United States Senate election in Missouri, 2012 Win
Elizabeth Warren United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2012 Win
Tammy Baldwin United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 2012 Win
Shelley Berkley United States Senate election in Nevada, 2012 Loss
Mazie Hirono United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2012 Win
Amy Klobuchar United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2012 Win
Ann Kirkpatrick Arizona's 1st Congressional District Win
Ann McLane Kuster New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District Win
Betty Sutton Ohio's 16th Congressional District Loss
Carol Shea-Porter New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District Win
Cheri Bustos Illinois' 17th Congressional District Win
Christie Vilsack Iowa's 4th Congressional District Loss
Debbie Stabenow United States Senate election in Michigan, 2012 Win
Dianne Feinstein United States Senate election in California, 2012 Win
Dina Titus Nevada's 1st Congressional District Win
Erin Bilbray Nevada's 3rd Congressional District Loss
Elizabeth Esty Connecticut's 5th Congressional District Win
Grace Meng New York's 6th Congressional District Win
Joyce Beatty Ohio's 3rd Congressional District Win
Julia Brownley California's 26th Congressional District Win
Kathyrn Boockvar Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District Loss
Kathy Hochul New York's 27th Congressional District Loss
Kirsten Gillibrand United States Senate election in New York, 2012 Win
Kyrsten Sinema Arizona's 9th Congressional District Win
Lois Capps California's 24th Congressional District Win
Lois Frankel Florida's 22nd Congressional District Win
Louise Slaughter New York's 25th Congressional District Win
Maggie Hassan New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2012 Win
Maria Cantwell United States Senate election in Washington, 2012 Win
Michelle Lujan Grisham New Mexico's 1st Congressional District Win
Shelley Adler New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District Loss
Suzan DelBene Washington's 1st Congressional District Win
Tammy Duckworth Illinois's 8th Congressional District Win
Tulsi Gabbard Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District Win
Val Demings Florida's 10th Congressional District Loss
Susan Bysiewicz United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2012 Loss
Tarryl Clark Minnesota's 8th Congressional District Loss
Suzanne Bonamici Oregon's 1st Congressional District Win
Janice Hahn California's 44th Congressional District Win
Kelda Helen Roys Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District Loss
Gloria Romero Roses Florida's 26th Congressional District Loss

[Hortensis]

18. Probably only to some degree? We recently elected

our first black male president and followed that with our first woman president. Given women's extreme underrepresentation in government, the time for a woman's wave was obviously coming, but I'm also guessing it would have been significantly smaller, more spread out.

What a great list of candidacies. And other, smaller organizations also ran women.

[joshcryer]

15. Ideally congress should be 50/50 male/female.

This isn't some kind of quota talk, this is just basic fucking representation of our society.

[NCTraveler]

17. "this is just basic fucking representation of our society."

I think I could make a solid argument that it should be 90% women for the next one hundred years.

[MrsCoffee]

22. At least 100.

[oberliner]

20. What about folks who do not identify as male or female?

[joshcryer]

21. Well sure...

...as a percentage of the population you'd ideally want that same percentage in congress, same with other minority groups.

[oberliner]

19. Without looking it up, do you know how the group got it's name?

Where the "Emily" comes from?

[crazycatlady]

23. Early Money Is Like Yeast